Wednesday, July 21

First, greetings to new visitors to the excelsior file, particularly my fellow VCFA peeps. Thanks for visiting and drop me a line to tell me what you think.

For regular visitors who may be wondering about the reduced activity, I want to assure you that the blog is not going anywhere but may take a bit to get back up to speed. I am currently looking at some long-term changes and adjustments for 2011. Yeah, I like to plan, but reviews will return in a matter of days.

In the meantime, might I suggest combing through the wreckage archives for some older reviews? Any of you long-term readers think I should revive the Grimmoire? I've heard alternating opinions about longer vs. shorter reviews – what side are you on? No, really! I'm curious!

Thanks for the patience, understanding, and your kind attention. Or, as the old billboards used to say: Watch This Space!

About Me

i'm a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. when I'm not writing middle grade and YA fiction, I review children's books for Guys Lit Wire and my personal review blog, the excelsior file. For views, opinions, and various miscellany visit me at fomagrams

a storyteller is what i am, what i do. visual or verbal, i find stories in everything, every place, in everyone. writer might be a more technical definition of the work i love but it's impossible to separate from everything else.